Chelsea fans want Moses back in action
Chelsea fans have clamoured for Victor Moses’ immediate return to action after Antonio Conte’s side seemed to have struggled in their two recent games played Read more
Month: April 2017
Barrow’s party wins parliamentary election
Gambian President Adama Barrow’s United Democratic Party (UDP) has won Thursday’s parliamentary election, taking 31 seats in the 53-member parliament, the electoral commission announced Friday. Read more
Putin angry with Trump over attack on Syria
Russia President Vladimir Putin of Russia believes US strike on a Syrian air base is an aggression against a sovereign state and a violation of Read more
Syrian Attack: U.S., UK planned airbase attack
U.S. Defence Secretary James Mattis asked for Britain’s view on whether Bashar al-Assad’s regime was responsible for a chemical attack in Syria before Washington launched Read more
10 People killed in Somalia Roadside bomb
MOGADISHU – A roadside bomb killed 10 people in a minibus in southern Somalia on Thursday, a military officer and residents said, blaming Islamist militants Read more
Nigeria to legalise illegal refineries in restive the Niger Delta oil region
Nigeria aims to legalise illicit oil refineries in the turbulent Niger Delta region, the vice-president’s office said on Thursday, hoping to bring peace to the Read more
Nigeria to require higher quality on fuel imports from July 1
Nigeria will increase quality standards for its imported gasoline, diesel and kerosene from July 1, a change health campaigners have long said is necessary to Read more
Sadio Mane ruled out for rest of season – Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp
Liverpool winger Sadio Mane requires knee surgery and will miss the rest of the season, manager Jurgen Klopp said on Friday. “Pretty sure Mane needs Read more
Zuma Must Go: South African’s protest
Protesters are gathering in major South African cities calling for President Jacob Zuma to step down after the sacking of a respected finance minister. Crowds Read more
Girl ‘living with monkeys’ discovered
The little girl, aged between eight and 10, was found a few weeks ago in a forest in Uttar Pradesh. Doctors said she could not Read more
The inflammatory telegram that pushed the US into World War One
When Congress finally gave its approval to go to war in April 1917 it was a decision most observers at the time regarded as unavoidable. Read more
Trump welcomes ‘friend’ China’s Xi for talks
US President Donald Trump has welcomed Chinese President Xi Jinping to his Florida resort for their first summit. Mr Trump said the two men had Read more
Russia lists sins of Jehovah’s Witnesses
By prohibiting its members from taking blood transfusion, the Jehovah’s Witnesses as a group violates the law on resistance to extremism, the spokeswoman for Russia’s Read more
North Korea hackers target Nigerian banks
A new report from a Russian online cyber security firm, Kaspersky, has observed that North Korean hackers are attacking banks in 18 countries, including Nigeria. Read more
Justice Ademola, wife to face fresh charge
The Federal Government has filed an appeal against the decision of Justice Jude Okeke upholding the no case submission in the corruption case against Justice Read more
Release of 13 UNILAG students excites NANS
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) on Thursday in Abuja said it was pleased with the unconditional release of 13 students of University of Read more
Sheriff walks out on Jonathan, PDP Govs
Sen. Ali Modu Sheriff, the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday walked out of the party’s stakeholders meeting organised by former President Read more
Trump declares war on Syria after chemical weapon attack
WHITE HOUSE — The U.S. military fired a barrage of missiles into Syria Friday morning in retaliation for a gruesome chemical weapons attack blamed on President Read more
Tinubu ‘has no hand in negative report on any senator’
All Progressives Congress (APC) stalwart Asiwaju Bola Tinubu commented yesterday on a report in which he was accused of “conspiracy to destroy the Senate”. The Read more
Stanford admits teenager for writing #blacklivesmatter
A Bangladeshi-American, who was a high school senior at a private school in Princeton, N.J., has been admitted to Stanford University for doing the unusual. Read more
Hamas hangs 3 Palestinians
Interior Ministry officials said three Palestinians were hanged in the Gaza Strip on Thursday morning by the Islamic Hamas movement after being convicted of collaborating Read more
Piracy thriving in Nigeria—Film maker
A film maker, Lekan Ayinde, on Thursday described the fight to overcome piracy in the movie sub-sector in Nigeria as discouraging. Ayinde, Manager, Wale Adenuga Read more
40% payments at ports illegal – Council
The President, National Council of Managing Directors of Licensed Customs Agents (NCMDLCA), Mr Lucky Amiwero, has alleged that 40 per cent of payments made at the nation’s Read more
Suicide: Naval commander shoots self dead in Lagos
The Fleet Commander, Western Naval Command, Apapa, Lagos State, Rear Admiral Daniel Ikoli, has allegedly shot himself dead in his residence in the Apapa area. Read more
Saraki didn’t declare £1.5 London mortgage, properties – CCB
An official of the Code of Conduct Bureau, Samuel Madojemu, insisted on Wednesday that the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, failed to declare a London property Read more
Mob attacks police station over killing of Lagos trader
No fewer than three people sustained gunshot injuries and scores were injured during a protest in Mushin, Lagos State, over the killing of a 52-year-old Read more
Fuji Star to donate music museum to UNILAG
Fuji artiste, Adewale Ayuba, is set to present a music museum to the University of Lagos. Ayuba, an alumnus of the institution, said that the Read more
FG’s economic model can’t work, says Sanusi
The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi ll, on Wednesday, faulted the present administration’s economic model, saying it would not work. Sanusi, who spoke at the Read more
Militants killed French soldier in Mali
A French soldier was killed in Mali after a clash with armed militants, French President Francois Hollande’s office said on Thursday, highlighting instability in the Read more
There is no ‘option except victory’ in Syria – Assad
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said there is no “option except victory” in the country’s civil war in an interview published on Thursday, saying the government Read more
